Thought Troika

When the Prime Minister met the entire Council of Ministers on November 1, three Cabinet ministers impressed the juniors.

P. Chidambaram explained the importance of reforms, while Kamal Nath, in his new role as parliamentary affairs minister, suggested that all ministers take time out to interact with MPs, cutting across party lines.

The third was Sharad Pawar, who said that GoMs should have junior ministers on board to give them a ringside view on policy-making. Are they the emerging opinion-makers in the reshuffled UPA 2?